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H2O Waste Paper Bin, 1994
| Content Provider | Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Artist | Konstantin Grcic |
| Spatial Coverage | Germany |
| Temporal Coverage | 1994 |
| Description | Square Wastepaper Bin was the first in a series of products made for the German manufacturer Authentics. The project gave Grcic the opportunity to experiment with plastic, a material that enabled him to create his earliest industrially made designs for mass production. He conceived Square Wastepaper Bin as a round base with square sides and a hole cut out on one side for a handle. The 2-Hands Laundry Basket, the next design in this family of quotidian products, is slightly oversized, yet lightweight and durable, with a seamless elegance that sets it apart from other such designs. The H20 Wastepaper Bin derived from Grcic's desire to make subtle adjustments to the commonplace object by adding a lid and rim at the top and bottom of the piece. For the Tip Wastepaper Bin, Grcic enlarged the hinge mechanism that opens and closes the lid to prevent it from breaking with use. Through a disciplined process of research and design development, Grcic was thus able to introduce a range of products that respond to basic human needs. [A work made of polypropylene.] |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © 1994 Konstantin Grcic |
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| Use Rights URL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Subject Keyword | Design Artworks Architecture and Design |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Visual Artwork |
| Object Type | Architecture |
